Through the Looking Glass

Attitude is Everything When It Comes to Teaching

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My favorite teacher, Dr. Sylvan Barnet, died recently. I was glad that I’d finally emailed him and told him of my visit to the New York University’s English department. A friend and I had stopped in to visit our friend Paige who was employed there as a secretary. Paige sat us down and put us to work stuffing envelopes for a mailing, and as we were stuffing and chatting, the head of the English Department emerged from his office. He asked us where we had gone to school and when I said “Tufts,” he asked if I’d ever met Sylvan Barnet there.

Now and Then

Rounding a Century and a Globe

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Retired newspaper reporter, columnist, bomber pilot, and world traveler Dick Hammerich of Suffield by the River surely clocked hundreds of thousands of miles on his way to his hundredth birthday.

Churches

First Church Events

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Worship at the First Church of Christ is every Sunday in the Sanctuary at 10 a.m. Hands on Faith (youth ministry) will be on November 11 and 25.

Churches

Church to Celebrate 275 Years

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The West Suffield Congregational Church is proudly celebrating its 275th Anniversary on November 10 and 11, and residents of the surrounding communities are invited to take part in this momentous occasion.

Government/Town

November Election Information

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The November 6 Election will be held in the Middle School Gymnasium, 350 Mountain Road, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Absentee ballot voting is available for eligible voters. There is regular absentee balloting, supervised absentee balloting, emergency absentee balloting and permanently physically disabled absentee balloting. For information on absentee voting contact the town clerk at 860-668-3880. A Special Registration Session for the admission of those who become 18 years of age, a citizen or a resident of Suffield after the October 30 deadline and for any member of the armed forces desiring to be made an elector, or by any former member of the armed forces discharged therefrom within the calendar year may register to vote on Monday, November 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The session will be held in the Registrars of Voters Office in the Town Hall, lower level. Election Day Registration (EDR) will be held from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., in the Town Hall.

Government/Town

20 Voters Approve Four Topics

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Town officials carefully explained the four issues to be decided at the October 10 Town Meeting. With an attendance of only twenty, including the officials, each of the four resolutions was approved with no “Nays.”

Food for Thought

Food For Thought

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“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” – Mark Twain

Government/Town

Town Hall Planning Proceeds

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The Town’s process toward providing decent quarters for its administrative departments has been long and uncertain. The existing Town Hall opened in 1962 as an improvement on the previous building, which was built during the Civil War. There have been many significant changes and expansions to the 1962 building, including making offices out of the large conference room that originally occupied the west end of the second floor and the installation of an elevator. The Police Department moved out into new quarters on Mountain Road, freeing space for the growing needs of the town. More recently, several functions were removed into rented space in one of the Laureno warehouses on Ffyler Place and in the new office building at 230 Mountain Road, where the First Selectman’s office, the Finance office, all the building departments and Human Resources are now located.